On Wednesday 5th February, the school held it's annual Young Musician of the Year competition, with over 30 pupils performing to a packed audience. Congratulations to every one who took part on the night, and a special congratulations to Tiffany who goes on to represent Dalziel at the North Lanarkshire competition on 30th April. The judges had some tough choices to make but awarded the following:
Junior Young Musician runner-up: Amelie Dong, S1, piano
Junior Young Musician winner: Olivia Tougher-Struthers, S3, guitar
Senior Instrumentalist runner-up: Amelia Prucnal, S6, piano
Senior Instrumentalist winner: Murray Neilson, S4, piano
Senior Vocalist runner-up: Sophie Burnside
Senior Vocalist winner: Kiera Bett
Young Musician of the Year 2024/25: Tiffany Chan, S3, piano
The school concert band travelled to Carlibar Primary School, Barrhead, on Sunday 1st December to take part in the Scottish Concert Band Festival. The band had been rehearsing for months, including sectional rehearsals at lunchtimes, to prepare 4 pieces for the panel of adjudicators. Bands are adjudicated against set criteria and we were delighted to be awarded a Gold Award, with special mentions to our percussion section. As a result, the band have been invited to the national finals in Perth Concert Hall on 15th/16th March 2025.
As well as the hours of practise that pupils put in to prepare for the performance, we would like to pay a special thanks to Mr McQueen, Mrs Woods and Mr Crawford for supporting our pupils along the way.
Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs Kelly, Mr Purvis-Armour and Miss Hughes have taken 35 Drama students on a magic carpet ride to Disney’s “Aladdin” at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow.
A sumptuous feast of magic and colour, the pupils enjoyed songs from the classic animation delivered by a West-End worthy cast of actors and a gravity-defying magic carpet.
The English and Drama Faculty recognises the importance of extra-curricular trips in allowing pupils to experience "A Whole New World" of applications of their subjects - trips like this allow us to stay "One Jump Ahead" in Developing the Young Workforce.
The review? It was genie-us, and our school's three wishes of "Respect, Include, Achieve" were granted in one terrific trip!
Once upon a time, the cast of Dalziel High’s school show climbed upon its noble steed and quested Far, Far Away in its staging of “Shrek: The Musical.” With music by Jeanine Tesori and a book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, the show invited audiences inside the pages of the fairest fairytale of them all across four sold-out performances.
The tale begins when Shrek, a mean and green ogre, awakens one morning to find his swamp crowded with fairytale creatures displaced on the order of the vain Lord Farquaad. After an unwelcoming welcome to the perfect town of Duloc, Shrek and his loveable sidekick Donkey are sent on a fearsome quest to rescue Princess Fiona from a fiery dragon’s clutches and deliver her to Faquuad. But as love blossoms, spells are woven and burps rift, Shrek and Fiona come to understand the course of true love never runs smoothly. With wooden boys, wicked witches and ugly ducklings, this is a hilarious and heartwarming tale.
With Queen Kelly of the Drama Department sitting on the throne as director of a team of staff and pupils, nearly 100 Dalzielians became Dulocians, taking responsibility for sound, stage management, lighting, props and costume, ensuring that audiences lived happily ever after in a night of song, dance and laughter. Like so much of life at Dalziel High School, the school show breathes fire into our school values and remind us of all we can accomplish when we aim to respect, include and achieve - as the show reminds us, "we've got magic; we've got power... who are they to say we're wrong? All the things that make us special make us strong!"
A special thanks to our two main sponsors: Robertson Consultancy & Avec Associates Limited.
Twenty-nine of Dalziel High School’s Language Ambassadors took their skills into the community with a visit to Refuweegee, a Glasgow charity devoted to welcoming and supporting refugees in the city.
Accompanied by Ms Mason, Mrs Gonzalez Curiel and Mr Purvis, the students toured the charity’s office headquarters in the city centre and saw the good work being done each day by volunteers. They also created tote bags filled with donations and wrote welcome letters which will be shared with those who access the organisation’s services.
Afterwards, they visited Barça in Princes Square for an authentic tapas experience, tasting the cultures of Spain in a banquet of chorizo, patatas bravas and pollo con miel.
The pupils lived our school values, aiming to Respect, Include and Achieve by learning about how we can support those in our global community who face adversity to live happy, safe and productive lives.